From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A floral background formed from numerous clones of flower 117.
Source Firkin
Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green